Remembering the Columbia University protests of 1968

Apr 23, 2018 | 4:41 PM

50 years ago, Columbia University students forcibly commandeered five campus buildings in a non-violent protest after discovering links between the university and a think tank involved in weapons research for the Vietnam War. Activists were also calling for the end to construction of a Morningside Park gym project that failed to promote reasonable access to nearby Harlem residents.